# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kermit-ruffins
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:12:18.538Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kermit-ruffins"
name: "Kermit Ruffins"
slug: "kermit-ruffins"
description: "Kermit Ruffins is an American jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer from New Orleans. He has been influenced by Louis Armstrong and Louis Jordan and says that the highest note he can hit on trumpet is a high C. He often accompanies his songs with his own vocals. Most of his bands perform New Orleans jazz standards though he also composes many of his own pieces. Jon Pareles of The New York Times wrote, \"Mr. Ruffins is an unabashed entertainer who plays trumpet with a bright, silvery tone, sings with off-the-cuff charm and never gets too abstruse in his material.\""
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kermit_Ruffins.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1964-12-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.25
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.849608
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1204042/"
    handle:    "nm1204042"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/306009"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AA_%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B3"
    title: "كيرميت روفينس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kermit_Ruffins"
    title: "Kermit Ruffins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kermit_Ruffins"
    title: "Kermit Ruffins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kermit_Ruffins"
    title: "Kermit Ruffins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kermit_Ruffins"
    title: "Kermit Ruffins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/debaa9d9-a391-4dcb-b74a-fcc7de830cfb"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1739296"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/401635"
    title: "Kermit Ruffins"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump